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World Service,08 Nov 2003,27 mins

Mauritanian Elections Ends

This Week and Africa

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Mauritanian elections ends - but the opposition claims massive fraud. Former military ruler Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla was detained on the evening of the polls in what he described as an act of intimidation. Also on the programme, a Kenyan MP survives attack, South Africa's Inkartha Freedom Party makes a pact with the Democratic Alliance.

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